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"Hang On Sloopy" (originally "My Girl Sloopy") is a 1964 song written by #WesFarrell and #BertBerns. #RhythmAndBlues vocal group #theVibrations were the first to record the tune in 1964. #AtlanticRecords released it as a single, which reached No. 26 on the #Billboard Hot 100 chart. The song is associated with #OhioStateUniversity and is Ohio's official rock song. The song became standard fare for #garageBands and, in 1965.
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"Roll Over Beethoven" is a 1956 song written by #ChuckBerry, originally released on #ChessRecords, with "Drifting Heart" as the #Bside. The lyrics of the song mention #rockAndRoll and the desire for #rhythmAndBlues to be as respected as #classicalMusic. The song has been #covered by many other artists, including the #RollingStones and #theBeatles (both in 1963). Rolling Stone magazine ranked it number 97 on its 2004 list of the "500 Greatest Songs of All Time".
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"Night Time Is the Right Time" or "The Right Time" is a #rhythmAndBlues song recorded by American musician #NappyBrown in 1957. It draws on earlier blues songs and has inspired popular versions, including those by #RayCharles, #RufusAndCarla, and #JamesBrown, which reached the record charts. #CreedenceClearwaterRevival recorded a version of the song on their 1969 album, #GreenRiver. #TheAnimals also included a version of the song on their debut album The Animals.
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"Would I Lie to You?" is a song written and performed by British pop duo #Eurythmics. Released on 9 April 1985 as the lead single from the band's fourth studio album, #BeYourselfTonight (1985), the song was the first by the duo to feature their change in musical direction from a predominantly #synthpop style to #rock and #rhythmAndBlues. The song, and its accompanying album, featured a full backing band and relied less on electronic programming. Lyrically.
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"Jackie Wilson Said (I'm in Heaven When You Smile)" is a song written and performed by #VanMorrison and featured as the opening track on his sixth studio album, #SaintDominicsPreview. It was released by #WarnerBros in July 1972 as the first of three singles from the album and charted at number sixty-one on the US Billboard Hot 100. Both the music and lyrics are inspired by #rhythmAndBlues singer #JackieWilson and his song "#ReetPetite".
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@ScottEdelman

Smooth!

Don't think I'd heard of Ivory Joe Hunter, thanks!

Just looked him up: Rhythm and blues singer/songwriter (and, inevitably, pianist) ... lived 1914-1974 ... The Baron of Boogie ... wrote over 7,000 songs.

Maybe most memorable factoid: "Ivory Joe" was his real name; at birth, his parents said he "looked just like the baby on the outside of the Castoria Ivory bottle." (Apparently a children's laxative?)

"Here We Go Again" is a #countryMusic #standard written by #DonLanier and #RedSteagall that first became notable as a #rhythmAndBlues single by Ray Charles from his 1967 album #RayCharlesInvitesYouToListen. It was produced by Joe Adams for #ABCRecords/#TangerineRecords. To date, this version of the song has been the biggest commercial success, spending twelve consecutive weeks on the US #Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at number 15.
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